Jaan Bawli by Vipin Foji, Kavita Shobu

Released as part of Jaan Bawli, Jaan Bawli announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Behind the melody is the work of Vipin Foji, whose composition choices give Jaan Bawli its distinctive texture.

Vipin Foji, Kavita Shobu's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. For fans of a talented ensemble cast, Jaan Bawli is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

By the end of 2021, Jaan Bawli had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Listeners have described the experience of Jaan Bawli differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 3:39, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.